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About the Role
As a Director, People Business Partnership, you will help shape the talent strategy behind Microsoft's fastest-growing and most innovative businesses. You will connect people decisions directly to business results, redesigning work, roles, and teams as the business becomes AI-native. This is a hands-on role where you will build, test, simplify, and scale solutions yourself, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders across the Commercial business to align people, organization, and culture strategies with business priorities.
- Provide strategic People guidance that supports organizational goals, growth, and business transformation.
- Build trusted partnerships with leaders to identify opportunities that strengthen organizational effectiveness and employee experience.
- Coach and advise leaders on team effectiveness, leadership practices, organizational health, and employee engagement.
- Facilitate discussions that help leaders strengthen collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and decision-making.
- Support leaders in creating environments where employees can grow, contribute, and perform at their best.
- Lead organizational design initiatives, including workforce planning, organizational restructures, operating model changes, and business transformation efforts.
- Develop and implement change management strategies that support successful adoption of organizational priorities and business objectives.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure organizational changes are communicated clearly and executed effectively.
- Collaborate with leaders to develop talent strategies that support current and future business needs.
- Assess organizational capabilities, identify talent gaps, and recommend solutions that enable long-term success.
- Support succession planning, talent development, and workforce planning efforts to strengthen organizational readiness.
- Leverage people insights, employee feedback, organizational health metrics, talent movement trends, attrition data, compensation information, and manager effectiveness indicators to inform recommendations.
- Identify emerging organizational opportunities and risks through analysis of workforce data and trends.
- Provide leaders with actionable insights that support informed decision-making and organizational health.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 9+ years experience in human resources or related processes OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 6+ years experience in human resources or related processes OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years experience with partnering with wide network of clients and across human resources to deliver effective business solutions OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 12+ years experience in human resources or related processes OR equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 15+ years experience in human resources or related processes OR equivalent experience.
- Human Resources Professional Certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM, CIPD).
Experience Level
- 9+ years experience in human resources or related processes
- 6+ years experience in human resources or related processes
- 5+ years experience with partnering with wide network of clients and across human resources
- 12+ years experience in human resources or related processes
- 15+ years experience in human resources or related processes
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field
- Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field
Salary/Compensations
- £ 100,400.00 - £ 200,500.00 per year
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
About the Company
- Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
- Our culture is built on a growth mindset, continuous learning, and the belief that diverse perspectives fuel innovation.
- We create an environment where people are encouraged to challenge convention, expand what's possible, and bring their unique experiences and ideas to meaningful work.
- Together, we deliver technology and breakthroughs that transform how people live, work, and connect around the world.
Equal Opportunity
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.